Rail-stay.



PATENTED DEC. 5, 1905.

Y J. OLSON.

RAIL STAY.

APPLIOATIQH FILED .A PR.15, 1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT orinon. JULIUS OLSON, on CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

I BAIL-STAY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 5, 1905.

Application filed April 15, 1905. Serial No- 255,727.

1'0 all whom/it may-concern.-

venting the longitudinal creeping of rails on railways; and it comprises a clamp which is attached to the base of the rail and passes under the same between the ties. This clamp is provided with a gripping-lever which has at one end a groove or notch adapted to engage the base of the rail, and the other end projects and engagesthe tie and tightens the grip whenever there is any tendency forthe rail to creep.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan of portion of a track, showing the head of the rail broken away and the device attached to base of same. Fig. 2 is a sectional detail showing the means for holding the lever. Fig. 3 is avertical cross-section. Fig. 4 is a perspective of the clamping-lever.

Referring to the drawings, 7 indicates a rail of the usual type as used on railroads, 7 being the flanges of the base.

8 represents the ties.

9 is a base'or cross-piece, having a lip or. overlapping flange 10 at one end, which em p aces one edge of the base of the rail. 11 is a set-screw for settingthe same. This basepiece is dropped or oflset downwardly at the opposite end, which is then bent up and back,

The lever 15 has a groove 16 in one side at one end adapted to fit over the edge of the base of the rail and a half-round pivotal point 16 on the opposite side engaging the notch 14. This lever extends rearwardly and is oflas at 13, and has on its inner side a notch, as

set or bent laterally, andits rear end engages the side of the tie.

When the rail has a tendency to creep, the

cross-piece 9 is carried along, and this in turn presses the end of the lever 15 against the tie,

which jams the head of the lever against the rail and clamps the same and prevents creeping of the rail. These an-ticreeping devices are placed along at certain intervals on bothsides of the track. They also may be placed at the joints of the rails,.the cross part 9 acting as a chair for the ends of the rails.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A rail-stay comprising a piece fixed to I the base of the rail, and a clamping-lever fulcrumed upon said piece and binding at one end against the rail and adapted to abut at the other end against the railway-tie.

2. A rail-stay comprising a piece extending under the base of the rail and curved at its ends up beside the same, and a bent lever fulcrumed within one ofsaid ends and bearing against the edge of the rail-base at one end and against the railway-tie at the other end.

3. A rail-stay comprising a piece extending across under the base of the rail and having hooked ends one of which engages one side of the rail-base, and the other of which has a notch in the inner side thereof, and a bent lever having a fulcrum projection fitting in said notch, one end of the lever bearing against the side of the rail-base and the other end against the rail-tie.

In testimony whereofI have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JULIUS OLSON. 

